Shawn Levy

Personal Info

Known For Director

Gender Male

Birthday 1968-07-23 (56 years old)

Place of Birth Montreal, Quebec, Canada

Also Known As Shawn Adam Levy, ショーン・アダム・レヴィ, שון אדם לוי, ショーン レヴィ

Shawn Levy

Biography

Shawn Adam Levy (born July 23, 1968) is a Canadian film director, film producer, screenwriter, actor, and founder of 21 Laps Entertainment. He has worked across genres and is perhaps best known as the director of the Night at the Museum film franchise and the primary producer of the Netflix series Stranger Things. Following early work as a television director, Levy gained recognition in the 2000s for directing comedy films like Big Fat Liar and Just Married before directing Cheaper by the Dozen, The Pink Panther, and Night at the Museum film franchises. In the early 2010s, he directed films including Date Night and Real Steel, developed several comedy television pilots, and executive produced the ABC sitcom Last Man Standing. Levy was a producer on the 2016 sci-fi film Arrival, which earned him an Academy Award nomination for Best Picture. Since 2016, Levy has been an executive producer on the Netflix original series Stranger Things. He has directed the third and fourth episodes of each of the show's four seasons. He also directed the Netflix limited series All the Light We Cannot See. Most recently, he has collaborated with Ryan Reynolds by directing Free Guy (2021), The Adam Project (2022), and Deadpool & Wolverine (2024). Description above from the Wikipedia article Shawn Levy, licensed under CC-BY-SA; full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Known For

Director

Family Album

as Director

Boy Band

as Director

Backwards

as Director

2024
2022
The Adam Project

as Director

2021
Free Guy

as Director

2017
Imaginary Mary

as Director

2016
Stranger Things

as Director

2013
The Internship

as Director

2011
Real Steel

as Director

2010
Date Night

as Director

2006
2006
The Pink Panther

as Director

2006
Pepper Dennis

as Director

2003
2003
Just Married

as Director

2002
Big Fat Liar

as Director

2002
Do Over

as Director

2002
Birds of Prey

as Director

2001
2000
In a Heartbeat

as Director

1999
Stray Dog

as Director

1999
So Weird

as Director

1998
1998
Animorphs

as Director

1998
First Wave

as Director

1997
Address Unknown

as Director

1997
Just in Time

as Director

1994
Broken Record

as Director

Producer

Sovereign

as Producer

Sesame Street

as Producer

Seismic

as Producer

Never Lie

as Producer

Echo

as Producer

The Hardy Men

as Producer

Riders of Justice

as Producer

Gnomes

as Producer

Boy Band

as Producer

The Backrooms

as Producer

Backwards

as Producer

Dollhouse

as Producer

Night of the Ghoul

as Producer

Dark Wire

as Producer

The Defender

as Producer

Undying

as Producer

Splendid Solution

as Producer

2024
Never Let Go

as Producer

2024
2024
The Perfect Couple

as Executive Producer

2023
The Boogeyman

as Producer

2023
Crater

as Producer

2023
All the Light We Cannot See

as Executive Producer

2022
Rosaline

as Producer

2022
The Adam Project

as Producer

2022
Cheaper by the Dozen

as Executive Producer

2022
Lost Ollie

as Executive Producer

2022
The Future Of

as Executive Producer

2021
Free Guy

as Producer

2021
Shadow and Bone

as Executive Producer

2020
Love and Monsters

as Producer

2020
The Violent Heart

as Producer

2020
Unsolved Mysteries

as Executive Producer

2020
Dash & Lily

as Executive Producer

2020
I Am Not Okay with This

as Executive Producer

2018
The Darkest Minds

as Producer

2018
Kin

as Producer

2017
Table 19

as Producer

2017
Fist Fight

as Producer

2017
Kodachrome

as Producer

2017
Imaginary Mary

as Executive Producer

2016
Arrival

as Producer

2016
Why Him?

as Producer

2016
Stranger Things

as Executive Producer

2014
Cristela

as Executive Producer

2013
2013
The Internship

as Producer

2012
The Watch

as Producer

2011
Real Steel

as Producer

2011
Last Man Standing

as Executive Producer

2010
Date Night

as Producer

2009
The Pink Panther 2

as Executive Producer

2008
The Rocker

as Producer

2008
2006
2006
Pepper Dennis

as Producer

2005
2002
Birds of Prey

as Producer

2001
Jett Jackson: The Movie

as Executive Producer

1998
The Famous Jett Jackson

as Executive Producer

1994
Broken Record

as Producer

Actor

2024
Marvel Studios Assembled: The Making of Deadpool & Wolverine

as Self - Co-Writer / Director / Producer

2024
Smoke Out

as Cashier

2022
2020
Robin's Wish

as Self

2016
Stranger Things

as Morgue Worker

2013
The Internship

as Google Employee Trying to Take a Nap (uncredited)

2006
30 Rock

as Scottie Shofar

2005
Cheaper by the Dozen 2

as Hospital Intern

2003
Cheaper by the Dozen

as Press Room Reporter

2003
Punk'd

as Self

2002
Big Fat Liar

as Wolf Party Guest

1993
Made in America

as Dwayne

1991
Brotherhood of the Gun

as Teddy McBride

1991
Step by Step

as Daniel

1990
Beverly Hills, 90210

as Howard Banchek

1990
Lifestories

as Luke Conforti

1988
The Kiss

as Terry

1988
China Beach

as Lieutenant

1987
Zombie Nightmare

as Jim Batten

1987
Wild Thing

as Paul

1987
thirtysomething

as Robert

1987
1986
1986
The Vindicator

as Biker #2

Editor

1994
Broken Record

as Editor

Writer

2024

Creator

2017
Imaginary Mary

as Creator